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Wouldn't be surprised to find out the radio shop did not bump up the external mic audio adjustment in the tx radio programming as the CDR manual recommends, nor did they adjust the pot inside the R*I*C*K (R23 ??? if I recall correctly). It's also not too ...

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May be a goofy question, but I have never seen anyone use Cat5 cable for local remotes. The typical multi cable I have seen and used usually has 1 or 2 seperately shielded wires for audio hookup. Cat5 does not. I have a customer that has 24 Moto remotes (mainly C200 I believe, with 3 brand new Gai ...

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Commscope/Andrew/Decibel has discontinued the db 230 antenna (among other things

). Anyone have suggestions on a good replacement? I'm looking for something tuned and assembled at the factory. I'll hang up and listen.

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Apparently Commscope has discontinued the DB230 antenna. Does anyone have a recommendation for a comparable replacement 150-160mhz? Looking for something assembled and tuned at the factory. I'll hang up and listen.

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I've been given a project to wire a podium-style gooseneck microphone to an xtl1500 mobile being used as a base radio. The mic is 500 ohm dynamic. I am assuming the usual xtl1500 mic (hmn1090a) uses a small preamp (at least it looks like it does). When I hooked up the gooseneck mic, the most mod I ...

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Thanks for all the replies. Come to find out, it was going to take much longer than I would have liked to get a new feedhorn. But as luck would have it, the tower crew had a source for an 8' grid locally. We put it up today and it is working fine. I'm probably still going to get the feedhorn for the ...

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I hate to bother you guys but I was hoping someone with more knowledge than me could give me some answers. I have an old 2.1 ghz Starpoint microwave link that shoots ~30 miles point to point. We had to replace an OLD tower with a new one, and everything went fine when the tower crew made the move ...

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I think there is a wire in Pin 10, but that is a good idea about the acc. plug on the RICK. I'll poke around on it tomorrow.

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How do you set the new CDR repeaters to come on automatically when power is applied? I know about setting up CDM mobiles with the ignition wire, but how do you do that when the accessory plugs are taken up by the RICK cables? Can you tap into the appropriate wire on the RICK cable?

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I'm trying to tie in a CM 200 to use as a link on an MTR2000. I have the accessory plug kit #TKN9205. First, does Motorola offer instructions to do this (too late to call today)? If not, I have glanced at the MTR manual (such as it is) and see the pinout for the system plug. I have found a couple of ...

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MITYTONE wrote:I had a similar problem and I found that the cure was in the rss mapping..In analog rx activation; if you are using "carrier and PL&dpl" change it to "PL&DPL".

Me too, but on a Quantar. Problem went away completely.

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Well, after messing with this thing for quite a while two weeks ago (prep before the install) and after calling Moto and being told it will not do it , I discovered that it actually WILL allow user programmable scan. I think the problem may have been that only certain buttons, from the A thru P ...

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I'm not real familiar with the Command Star Lite, but from what I've seen, it's functionality is very similar to the MC3000 deskset.

On the MC3000 / W9 consolette setup, all of the W9 control head buttons are mapped to buttons on the MC3000. So, if you had a Scan button specified in the CPS ...

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Recently installed a CommandStar Lite to a w9 Consolette. Customer's old set up gave them the ability to edit their scan list. According to everything I can find/try, the CS Lite does not have the capability to have a scan menu edit button or even a nuisance delete button. Does anyone have a trick ...

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Sorry. It is a UHF repeater.

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I have a unit with a similar problem. This has been a unit that would not work, I would go out and do the old power off/on reset, and it would be okay for a month, 2 months, etc. This time it is down for good. I have tweaked the settings, put a wattmeter on the IPA directly into a dummy load, etc ...

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Guess I should update since this popped up. I wound up talking them into leasing our antenna for the old analog MSF5K. Just retuned the new duplexer today for the new digital freqs on the Quantar. Hope to have them talking digitally asap. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

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I am looking to install Digital recorder to record about 8 to 12 radio channels. I read various posts on this topics suggesting various sytems (nice, omnicron etc). The question I have is, the installation.

The site contains numerous M's CommandStar consoles sending receive audio back via ...

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I have recently worked with two CommandStar Lite consoles that were ordered with the digital module. One has the DCM in the first slot, the other is in the last slot. We did not specify them to be one way or the other.

Here's my dilemma. Without making this a novel length post, I am wanting to ...

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As Todd indicated, this is a duplexer issue, not a Quantar issue.

It really depends on the frequencies [all of them- Tx & Rx] plus the specs of your particular duplexer. Duplexers are chosen to meet specific requirements of Tx to Rx frequency separation, power level, etc.

If you have the duplexer ...

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Have a local SO that wants to have their Quantar programmed with seperate digital and analog channels. Currently, the digital TX freq (155.5875 new freq) is far enough from the analog TX freq (155.700 old freq) that the PA goes into low power mode when TXing on the digital channel. I've tried to ...

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10-4 on the power supply advice Bernie. On the older (type I- Smart trunk???) systems we maintain, 5V power supply issues have been pretty much the only issues we've had.

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The latest-

First, come to find out these guys don't even want the Commandstar Lite console. It is being forced on them by the Homeland security grant money thing. They would have preferred to upgrade all their mobiles and portables first. (I posted a rant about this a few weeks ago, wondering why ...

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To the best of my knowledge it's one console channel= one radio. You should be able to change channels though.

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Thanks for the replies folks.

my experience has been that if you are disabling channels, when you re-enable the channel, make sure that the key is in "Service Enable" or the channel will not re-enable properly.

Mine as well, as the only other system I've actually done anything with has always ...

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Our city radio system recently had a possible problem the other night and I wanted to get opinions, as I have practically zero knowledge of this site. Pardon the novel length....

System is SmartnetII+, 8 repeater channels. They said one of their guys had been called up to dispatch to check out a ...

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Have an ambulance with this radio. Control head (I THINK w7) in front and back. Is there an intercom feature between the front and back control head? Customer says Moto (probably just a salesperson actually) told her it does, I called Moto and the person I got said it doesn't. Help?

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You probably notice a little more of a key up delay with your 2nd "scanning method", which may not be much of a problem when there's low/moderate traffic on the system. But if a major event occurs, where the amount of radio traffic goes way up, your users will greatly increase their chances of ...

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L Syntor Consolette
6 75 Watts Output
3 162 MHz ~ 174 MHZ Possibly 166 MHz ~ 171 MHz
K
X DVP or DES
B
7 Programmable Tone PL or Digital PL
1
0
7 ?? Maybe should indicate a "6" for Tone Remote Control
A First Version Station
M Standard Accessories Shipped With Station
This next ...

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Newbie to digital radios here. I'm curious about using a Quantar for both digital and analog operation. I've been experimenting with the Quantar and a couple of XTL5K mobiles. I've tinkered with having the Quantar on one freq w/ Mixed Mode setting (I'll call it Method 1), and also tried setting up ...

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I need to control a Syntor consolette that was a hand-me-down from US Customs and have no manual for this particular model. Model# is L63KX871?AMSP09 (as good as I could read it- some numbers were scratched/smudged). It has two boards underneath the RF pack. The bottom board is # 84D80177P02 T1. Top ...

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It's called "future expansion".

I give the sales person credit for trying to lift a customer up to a level of expandability and interoperability.

It's nice to see "the right tool for the job" instead of the usual "is the cheapest thing that will do the job with the bare minimum functionality ...

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Are they using it to do other functions such as QCII paging, MDC, etc? If so, then it's not such a bad investment. A good suggestion for those consoles is to have them plugged into a small UPS to protect against brown-outs/power surges...I have seen the power supply fry due to those things ...

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Talking public service communications in very small towns here. I keep getting sent to install CommandStar Lite consoles to control ONE radio. So you wind up with a console with 8 channel strips, and 7 of them aren't being used. UNLESS- there is a way to have each channel strip on the console ...

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I know in the MSF's you can set them up so that if there's a problem wiht the radio it will send out periodic short tones which if you listen to them will signify that there is a problem. If your using a battery revert option (I'm not sure if these exist on the MTR's or not, it may have something ...

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Are all the inputs used up in the SentriVoice unit? If not, the simplest approach would be to use that. As far as a loss of power sensor, there are commerical devices available. If you want cheap, find a wall transformer and hook it to a relay. When power fails, the relay will de-energize and give ...

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I need to find a cheap n easy power failure alarm for a VHF MTR2K. This repeater is not used for dispatch, but strictly for well site alarms (Zetron Sentry Voice alarms). I know, upon power failure, that the unit sends a beep over transmission when it is keyed up, but the problem is they don't ever ...

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I just got a new Feq. from fcc. We have been running a MTR-2000 VHF as a base unit. I was wanting to know what all had to be changed in the RSS to make it a repeater also if you have to use a duplexer to make it work....

FEQ. is
TX: 158.850 pl 114.8
RX: 154.190 pl 114.8

Thanks,
Josh

I do ...

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I need a reasonably priced external encoder to attach to a radio. The encoder will be mounted on a wall, with the radio in a closet nearby. I know Secode, SSC, etc. used to make these but they aren't around anymore. Who makes these things these days. A google search did not provide much.

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Thanks for the replies guys. I still haven't been able to check anything (had to leave house straight for a tower job 3 hours away). I might add that this is an 800 conventional repeater, not part of a trunked setup. When the power fluctuates, it is doing it rapidly and in time, and the lights flash ...

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I checked an MSF5K 800 repeater late Friday. On transmit, the power fluctuates up and down, and the TX Full and TX Key lights flash as well. It has TX and RX Lock. PA? I haven't looked at the manual yet.

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Here's one for you. This is a Quantar repeater installed for an S.O. in far West Texas, on top of a 7800 ft mountain. Access was by Army Blackhawk and Texas DPS helicopters. Note the open Motorola cabinet is NOT an outdoor cabinet. I told these people over and over and over again that they needed to ...

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Thought I'd update this saga....

MOTO salesman wound up having a MOTO FTR (Andy H, great guy BTW) come out to slam dunk this deal. When he arrived, he scratched his head much like I did when I first started working on the thing. After some calls to a couple of people, the picture became more clear ...

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I went to check a VHF MSF5000, secure, tone remote, 1990 model, and found that it did not transmitt or receive. All indicator leds looked normal. I unplugged the AC cord for 3 or 4 minutes and replugged it. Station reset and came up normal. What's happening with it?

The local school district here ...

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I appreciate the info you did provide Dan.

We called the MOTO salesman last week, hoping to find out why we didn't get certain cables (such as new duplexer to repeater cables, RJ45 cables to hook up the MC3000 remotes, etc.- remember, we were told we had to provide nothing but tools). Also asked if ...

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Dan,

Appreciate the help very much. Now I'm wondering about parameters that may/may not have to be programmed. I noticed in the wireline parameters in the quantars, there is a place to enable comparator, and to select type. Odd thing is, the VHF unit lists astro-tac as one option, while the UHF Q ...

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I'm posting this from out of town, away from our shop and resources. Hope to get back soon but until then......

We got roped into one of these deals where MOTO salesman sells equipment to agency, then calls us to install sight unseen. Promised that "everything you need is there". The customer ...

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WC4RAV wrote:good one. we are still dealing with FS now going on 48 hours. I am glad we kept our VHF radios...

Seriously....if you don't have to have the repeaters on, turn them off until you get the site controller back online.

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I HATE calling Motorola. It's like accepting defeat.

I have had many issues solved by the fine folks who frequent these boards, and always learn something new in the process. I sincerely appreciate it.

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chECK out my post and the link to the noise I've recorded, if it's this noise, I can assure you it's NOT the digital end noise you mentioned. I've yet to determine what is causing this.

I did, and it wasn't quite the same thing you posted (although it may be related). My problem with this ...

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Cat 5 cable for local desksets?

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Replacement for Decibel DB230 vhf yagi

Trying to wire a gooseneck mic to an xtl1500

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CDR repeater- power on/off

Using CM200 as a link for MTR2K

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Quantar in mixed mode

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Looking for inexpensive standalone dtmf encoder

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